Recent content by desert_steve

Real talk, what happens when a lens is inevitably broken? How would one go about getting a replacement? Toss the whole light and buy a new one?

Not that any of us would ever think of doing it, but could a person buy the DOT labeled/marked lens and swap it onto a non-DOT light? Kind of like swapping clear and amber lenses. Asking for scientific reasons of course.

At this point Im weighing the pros-to-cons on (finally) 3.4 swapping my other pickup and putting its (known good) trans into this other pickup. You see, the problem is that Im a vehicle hoarder. If I sold all of this shit and bought a raptor like @WW_RANGER_X I could live happily ever after and...

So very kind of you. But, I live in the high desert and I too have my own collection of parts sitting in the dirt around the house.

Im on the hunt for a GOOD W55 transmission for a 1995 2wd toyota p/u (not tacoma). Cal-Mini in montclair wants $800 for a used trans with unknown miles. As of right now thats sounding like my best option since I dont want to spend $250 on a rebuild kit and doing a rebuild myself. Marlin doesnt...

Hows the supercharged 3rz swap coming?

Once the head gasket campaign was done on those 3.0s, they were fairly reliable. They werent known for great power OR mileage, but theyd easily last 250k miles if they were maintained.

Not knocking the spare tire wheel weight idea by any means, but why not put something under the truck in the factory spare location? That way you guys never have to mess with it when/if you have to use a spare tire? (unless this was already covered and I missed it, in which case my apologies)

Prettiest angle iron Ive ever seen!

^Lol!^ OP, I suggest you start digging through threads on this site (and others) and read about the various suspension designs and how they work. Theres TONS of info out there to help you learn and figure out how crazy you want to get. This stuff gets expensive pretty quickly and if you just...

*fixed*

^ Agreed. Any chance you could run from a nearby tube to "cradle" that intake tube (like a half shell)? Then hose clamp them together and call it good.

At the very least we need to know what year your truck is so that we can make you a parts list. MANY years ago (20+) I lived in PA and also wanted a prerunner. I took a 93 extended cab 2wd, put some longer dixon coils on the front to lift it (didnt even bother with longer brake lines or shocks...

I know they say not to use brake cleaner or anything thats chlorinated to clean parts before welding...

Full set of Hanneman fiberglass fenders Front glass is the 5" Ivan style 3 piece glass (fenders and hood). Its the shorter "supercharger" hood that still uses the factory cowl and it has the grommets for hood pins mounted in it. Glass has been mounted (as can be seen from the pics) but theres...